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Maquam Hijaz
Year Composed:
2008
Composer:
Martha
Bishop
Composer Contact:
Birth year:
1937
Death year:
Number of parts:
1
Viol Scoring:
b7
Other parts:
Difficulty:
difficult
Duration (minutes):
5
Publisher:
PRB Productions Contemporary Inst. Mus. Series No. 34
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Additional Comments:
Recorded in Finland on cello. Uses left hand pizzicato, chords, harmonics, bariolage and pitch bends. Based on an Iraqui scale. Level is difficult.
Hijaz, for solo 7-string bass viol, is a tempestuous tour-de-force based on the arabic scale Macqam
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